Ὀπόεις - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὀπόεις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #80
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 494.8 | Billerbeck: Ο80
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 29
Entities: Ὀπόεις (Opoeis (Opous variant)) [place], Λοκροί (Locrians) [people], Ἐπικνημίδιοι (Epicnemidians) [people], Ὀπόεντος ((eponymic) Op(o)entos) [person], Ὀποείσιος (demonym Opoeisios (masc.)) [people], Ὀποεισία (demonym Opoeisia (fem.)) [people], Ὀποῦς (Opus (Opous)) [place], Ὀποῦς ((gen.) of Opus / Opous) [place], Ἀχαΐα (Achaia) [place], Ἠλεία (Elis) [place], Ὀποούντιος (Opountii (Opuntians)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: A city of the Locrians of the Epicnemidii, named from (ἀπὸ) Opóentos.; Morphological Composition: It is also called Opous (Ὀποῦς) from Opountos (Ὀποῦντος) by krasis (phonetic blending/contractive formation).
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Ὀπόεις, πόλις Λοκρῶν τῶν Ἐπικνημιδίων, ἀπὸ Ὀπόεντος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀποείσιος Ὀποεισία. λέγεται καὶ Ὀποῦς Ὀποῦντος κατὰ κρᾶσιν. ἔστι καὶ Ὀποῦς πόλις Ἀχαΐας καὶ τῆς Ἠλείας ἄλλη. οἱ πολῖται Ὀπούντιοι.

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Stephanos

Ὀπόεις, πόλις Λοκρῶν τῶν Ἐπικνημιδίων, ἀπὸ Ὀπόεντος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀποείσιος Ὀποεισία. λέγεται καὶ Ὀποῦς Ὀποῦντος κατὰ κρᾶσιν. ἔστι καὶ Ὀποῦς πόλις Ἀχαΐας καὶ τῆς Ἠλείας ἄλλη. οἱ πολῖται Ὀπούντιοι.

Herodian

…τεμίδωρος ἐν πρώτῳ γεωγραφουμένων φησὶν ὅτι ταυροφόρος ἦν ἡ ναῦς ἡ διακομίσασα τοὺς τὴν πόλιν κτίσαντας, οἳ ἀπορριφέντες ἀπὸ τοῦ στόλου τῶν Φωκαέων καὶ προσενεχθέντες αὐτόθι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπισήμου τῆς νεὼς τὴν πόλιν ὠνόμασαν. Ὀπόεις πόλις Λοκρῶν τῶν Ἐπικνημιδίων. Μαλόεις Ἀπόλλων ἐν Λέσβῳ καὶ ὁ τόπος τοῦ ἱεροῦ Μαλόεις ἀπὸ Μήλου τῆς Μαντοῦς, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν Λιβυκῶν πρώτῳ. σκιόεις, τερμιόεις. ἢ τὸ 'ω' ὡς εὐρώεις, κητώεις, ὠτώεις, κηώεις. ὅθεν τὸ χαριτόεις παρὰ Ἀνακρέοντι ἀναλογώτε…